11 April 2010

Your life, your style

Whats in this Issue

• Style Counsel - Horizontal Body Types
• Women - Dress for Your Body Shape - Hourglass
• Men - Dress for Your Body Shape - Trapezoid
• Style Clinic - How to Make Your Pins Look Sensational
• Luv a Bargain 

Welcome to your newsletter

I loved reading the entrants in my "Win a Personal Stylist" competition. It's wonderful to hear their stories and imagine how I can help them. I will announce the winner next newsletter and will follow with a story on how it has made a difference in their life. 

Recently I have been heartened by the number of referrals I have received from clients, thank you so much. Each client who refers a new client to me receives a small gift in appreciation.

Style Counsel - Horizontal Body Types 

Horizontal body proportion is the ratio between your bust/chest, waist and hip circumference. How you dress is based on balance and proportion. By understanding your horizontal shape you can use line and design techniques to create the illusion of a perfectly proportioned shape. It's that easy.

Women have six horizontal body types - Hourglass, Rectangle, Triangle, Inverted Triangle, Round and Diamond. Men have five horizontal body types - Trapezoid, Rectangle, Triangle, Inverted Triangle and Oval. 

Next newsletter will feature the Rectangle Body Shape.

Women - Dress for Your Body Shape - Hourglass

The Hourglass is considered the ideal body shape, think Marilyn Monroe. This is when femmes have the same measurement for bust and hip, and a waist about 25 cms smaller. Sadly, not 'Moi'. Weight gain or loss is evenly distributed and will go unnoticed for a long period of time. As women reach a certain age their waist thickens and their Hourglass becomes a Rectangle. (That's me)

Clothing is easy to find for the Hourglass and they can look fab this Autumn in:

• Classic Style - Belted Trench
• Glamorous 40's - Dress with peplum frill 
• French Chic - Nipped in jacket to show off your waistline
• Feminine Fatale - Frills, shirring and puffed sleeves in a pretty print.

Men - Dress for Your Body Shape - Trapezoid

This is the ideal body shape as it is well proportioned and masculine, think 'Iron Man' material. This is the second body shape in the diagram to the right and is easiest body type to dress. Try the following: 

• Corporate - Very fitted European or Italian style suit which is sleek and very modern
• Casual and Weekend Wear - Slim fitting jeans show off a great torso along with pale colours eg. cream chinos. Striped rugby tops and polo shirts look great on your shape. 

Style Clinic - How to Make Your Pins Look Sensational 

To have sensational 'Pins' ie longer and slimmer note the following:

• Coloured Hose - Pale colours will thicken any leg while dark colours will slim and lengthen. Great dark colours for Autumn include noir, berry, charcoal, navy or chocolate.
• Textured Hose - Heavily patterned or textured hose will add bulk to your legs. Ensure your texture is fine, with a vertical pattern or style that flatters your legs.
• Footless Tights - Don't let footless tights cut you at the calf. Remember that dark footless tights with dark strappy shoes will cut your legs and make them look shorter.
• Knee-high or mid-calf socks and stockings are all the go this Autumn. When choosing yours make sure you consider how they cut your legs depending on their length and colour.
• Shoes - Wear hose to match your shoes, not your skirt, to lengthen your legs. Legs look longer in sheer, flesh coloured hose and nude coloured high heels. Ankle strap shoes make ankles look clunky, so do ankle boots. The more open the shoe, the longer the leg appears.
• Trousers - Wide or cropped trousers shorten all legs. 

Luv a Bargain 

• Marie-Claude Mallat - Annual winter PR sample sale with 50% off designer brands including Zimmermann, Ginger & Smart and Arabella Ramsay. Tues and Wed 13-14 April. Level 3, 2-12 Foveaux St, Surry Hills.
• Helen Rodrigues - Wedding gown sample sale until 17 April including Vera Wang, Monique Lhuilllier, Suzanne Neville. www.helenrodrigues.com.au
• Diana Ferrari - 30% off all boots until 25 April. www.dianaferrari.com.au
• Calvin Klein - Up to 40% off selected Autumn garments until April 18. 03 9600 4888
• Ralph Lauren - Up to 50% off selected styles in all full price stores. 1800 501 201

For more details on how to look great contact Robin at 0419 468272 .

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Cheers

Robin Powis

"I just wanted to say thank you so very much for your help. The session on colours was the perfect place to start and your help updating my makeup was spot on. I really appreciated you took the time to make sure I was comfortable with the colours that suit me and how to best apply them. 

And the session on style was nothing short of sensational. After you showed me through the styles and how to choose the right clothes to flatter my body shape I found I had renewed confidence to go clothes shopping. I tried on colours and styles I had never worn before and was thrilled with the results. I came home loaded up with goodies and I know I’ll enjoy every minute of wearing them.

Thanks to you I’m now looking forward to going clothes shopping, rather than dreading it! "  

Stephanie Dunn
Art of Ice Sculptures